Most of my life,

I thought to myself,

We are what we wish to be.

And while this is most definitely true, 

The only way we can truly be what we want,

Is by acting on our thoughts.

Otherwise,

The world will never be affected by what we truly are.

But remember this:

We are not what the world thinks we are.

What it thinks is merely a reflection of what we are currently doing.

So if what the world says is the truth,

And we do not like it,

Because it is merely a reflection of our actions,

We will always have the chance to change them.